Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch.pl: New instances of ENOSYS are errors

2015-04-10 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 3:44 PM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Fri, 2015-04-10 at 15:30 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Joe Perches wrote: >> > On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 11:05 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> >> ENOSYS means that a nonexistent system call was called. We

Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch.pl: New instances of ENOSYS are errors

2015-04-10 Thread Joe Perches
On Fri, 2015-04-10 at 15:30 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Joe Perches wrote: > > On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 11:05 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > >> ENOSYS means that a nonexistent system call was called. We have a > >> bad habit of using it for things like invalid

Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch.pl: New instances of ENOSYS are errors

2015-04-10 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Joe Perches wrote: > On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 11:05 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> ENOSYS means that a nonexistent system call was called. We have a >> bad habit of using it for things like invalid operations on >> otherwise valid syscalls. We should avoid this i

Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch.pl: New instances of ENOSYS are errors

2014-08-22 Thread Joe Perches
On Fri, 2014-08-22 at 11:05 -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > ENOSYS means that a nonexistent system call was called. We have a > bad habit of using it for things like invalid operations on > otherwise valid syscalls. We should avoid this in new code. Seems sensible thanks for persisting. Andrew

[PATCH v3] checkpatch.pl: New instances of ENOSYS are errors

2014-08-22 Thread Andy Lutomirski
ENOSYS means that a nonexistent system call was called. We have a bad habit of using it for things like invalid operations on otherwise valid syscalls. We should avoid this in new code. Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski --- Pervasive incorrect usage of ENOSYS came up at the kernel summit ABI revi